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The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Johannesburg by K, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Johannesburg or Mostar?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Johannesburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’s own page.

Choose Mostar for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Johannesburg 5, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Johannesburg 58, Mostar 40: Johannesburg leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Johannesburg 56, Mostar 54: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Johannesburg 62, Mostar 25: Johannesburg leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Johannesburg 55, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Johannesburg 52, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Johannesburg 42, Mostar 34: Johannesburg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Johannesburg 18, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Johannesburg 58, Mostar 32: Johannesburg leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Johannesburg 72, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Johannesburg 55, Mostar 16: Johannesburg leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Johannesburg 28, Mostar 20: Johannesburg leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Johannesburg and Mostar.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Johannesburg
Best match
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JohannesburgMostar

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJohannesburgMostar
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1,753 m60 m
Main airportO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJohannesburgMostar
City population4,803,262105,448
People per km²2,92290
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.